Titan Tamer of The Swordsman
Chapter Twelve
Night of the Living Puppets
A/N
Karsap: Time for the next chapter.
Yuki: Uhh I don't get this title a new super villain?
Karsap: Well yes but you two will get your first Digimon ally.
Kotemon: Oh who is it?
Karsap: No time to spoil it. But enough of that Yuki do the disclaimer.
Yuki: Okay! Karsap doesn't own Digimon or Teen Titans, but he owns me Yuki Hata.
Unknown Location-Tokyo Japan Night
At the same unknown location in Japan at night the computers picked up something that's new that made the two women operating them scared. "Uh oh! Sir, we have a new wild one that's about to emerge in Jump City!" said the woman with short brown hair.
"So how strong is this one?" asked the man in the blue suit, black sunglasses, and short blond hair.
"You never going to believe this, but this one is as strong as the very strong wild one that had appeared in Jump twice." said the woman with long brown hair.
"What?!" the man asked.
"So is this bad?" the first woman asked.
"Yeah this is bad!" the man said.
"Sir what can we do?" the second woman asked.
"I... I don't know." the man said 'I hope that Jump can survive this one.'
Titans Tower-Yuki and Kotemon's room
At night time all the Titans are asleep, that is when Kotemon woke up and sensed something. "Yuki a Digimon is emerging!" Kotemon said as he tried to shake Yuki awake and again time the Tamer woke up. "Really Kotemon I need some more sleep I'm sure we'll find that Digimon eventually." he explained. "Fine." Kotemon said as the two went back to sleep not knowing this Digimon is their first Digimon ally.
The Old Abandoned Opera House
Meanwhile at the old abandoned Opera House, lights were on the inside making the place not so abandoned. Inside a puppeteer's stage with closed blood-strained curtains. As organ music started to play the red curtains drew back. A lone puppet that looks similar to Robin dropped to the stage his face downcast, with wooden arms clinking to his sides.
"Titans, Go!" the Puppet Robin said, rushing forward, but no one followed. And the leader turn to face six other puppets hanging in the air. Their home painted on the background.
"Hey, aren't you guys coming?" Puppet Robin asked as the puppet Raven raised her wooden arm up in defeat.
"What's the point? We can't possibly defeat the Puppet King," she said in her boyish monotone.
Starfire's puppet agree dreamily. All the while praising and commenting on the ominous Puppet King's marvelous good looks, her big green eyes and carefully braided red hair flowing around the wooden face, the same boyish feigning admiration.
"Yeah, we should surrender now," The Cyborg puppet said. It's red eye glowing as he turned to the puppet with a mop of green hair whose eyes where downcast as he spoke in a wooden accent.
"Dude, I think we already have," Puppet Beast Boy said before pointed up, the puppet Titans all looked to their master.
"Bravo, bravo, but enough rehearsal..." The master said as he pulled the strings letting the puppets fall, "...time to start the show." But before the curtains closed, another Digital Field appeared making the master surprised, "What's going on? Who turned a fog machine on?" he asked, and something came out of it, it was a familiar puppet. "Man that was a pain being defeated by those Digidestined! But with some Digivolving, I'm back to my old self and for my revenge." The puppet spoke in childish voice. The master was shocked, "Whwho are you?" he asked as the puppet. When the puppet turned to the master he was shocked when he saw the puppet Titans especially Yuki and Kotemon's puppets, "Oh come on! Not here too!?" he shouted. This made the master confused, "What do you mean not here too?" he asked, the puppet then looked at the master who looked about the same size as the puppet. "Why do you have puppets that looked like a Kotemon and it's Digidestined?" the puppet asked, 'Hum I wonder what's up with him I must lie to hid my plans.' the master thought as he began to spoke. "Why they're my toys that I want to bring to life so I can play with them." he said. When the puppet heard this he get excited "Really I that's cool I wanted to play with living toys, unlike the last time. Can I join?" the puppet said excitedly. 'Huh maybe he have some use to me.' the master thought as he began to spoke again. "Well then yes you can join my friend, but can I ask you who are you?" he asked. "Oh sorry, where are my manners. I'm Puppetmon, former founding member of the Dark Masters. And you?" Puppetmon said.
When the master heard this and seen the former Dark Master acting this way he thought, 'A Dark Master?! His personality doesn't look like it but I'll make dues.' "Well than Puppetmon, I'm the Puppet King!" he said as he and Puppetmon shake hands as the blood red curtains drew to a close.
Titans Tower-Next Day
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos... Azarath Metrion Zinthos..." Raven chanted in her mind. Levitating over a lone asteroid in her mind; she had found a place of peace and serenity. Here her meditations could be quite and undisturbed.
"Raven?" A feminine voice calls out in the distance. The break in silence cause the mage to get considerably annoyed. "Raven?" The disembodied voice called again. With this call, Raven snapped back into reality as her peaceful center of her mind broke away, revealing herself back in the Opps Center of the Tower. Behind the levitating mage, Starfire stood at the entrance of the room. "Please forgive my interruption, but have you seen Robin?" The Tamaranian asked innocently.
"No."
"Oh." The alien turned to leave, but stopped, "Perhaps you seen Cyborg?"
"No." The mage answered again.
Starfire turned to leave again, but then stopped, "Yuki or Kotemon?"
Before Raven could answer the two that was mentioned came in, "What about us Starfire?" Kotemon asked.
"Oh never mind." Starfire said as she looked at them then she turned back to Raven, "Beast Boy?"
"My eyes are closed, Starfire, I haven't seen anyone except for hearing Yuki and Kotemon came in." Even explained, hoping her teammate would leave her alone.
Yuki could tell that Raven was losing her cool, and decided to intervene, "Starfire, I'm sure that the others just went somewhere to relax and have fun. Let's let Raven meditate, Me and Kotemon are heading out." the Tamer said, "Really where you two going?" she asked, "I've just had sensed a Digimon that emerged last night." Kotemon explained, "Really? I might ask friend Raven that we should do some hanging out, since we never have a girls day out before, and conceivably it could be fun. We might journey to the mall of shopping, or preform braiding maneuvers upon each other's hair, or..." Starfire trailed off talking to the Tamer and the Digimon not noticing Raven closed her eyes and went back to meditating without thanking Yuki and Kotemon for distracting Starfire verbally, but secretly glad that they were there to say what they did. She began her mantra once more.
"Azarath Metrion Zin-"
"MALL CALL!" Cyborg shouted as he and the rest of the guys barged in. This caused Raven to lose her focus.
"AAAAAHHH!" She and Yuki shouted in shock as Raven fall to the ground, hitting the floor with a thud wounding up in a heap in the middle of the room as the others entered, Cyborg was holding a crate as he walked in. Yuki meanwhile jumped up and Starfire cached him, when the Tamer looked at the Tamaranian his face turned red, "Um thanks Starfire." Yuki said as he gets down from her arms, she nodded and flew to the remaining guys, he heard Kotemon chuckling as he turned to his partner, "That wasn't funny Kotemon." he said.
"Robin! Cyborg! Beast Boy! You are back! It was... quiet while you where you were gone." Starfire exclaimed as flew over to the three guys walked in and greet them.
"Not that quiet." Raven stated as she stood up and dusted herself off.
Cyborg walked to the kitchen and place the crate on it. "Check it out. This was sitting by the front door." Beast Boy said as the other members gathered around the gift. "Fan mail- probably a gift from one of my many admires." He said as he wiggled his eyebrows, the mage simply rolled her eyes at his display.
"Actually, it doesn't say who it's from." Robin said as he leaned in to a closer look at the wooden box. He was correct in his statement, the only words written on the box were- To: Teen Titans- -Titans Tower-.
Kotemon just looked at the box with a serious face "I don't know but I think that the Digimon we're looking for is in there." he said as everyone but Raven, Starfire, and Yuki looked at him, "Oh yeah, Kotemon had sensed a Digimon that appeared last night, let me check." The Tamer said as he looked at his D-Arc and showed that there's a Digimon definitely in the box. "Yep Kotemon is right there's a Digimon in there."
"Well," the metallic said as he grabbed the lid of the crate, "it's only way to find out for sure." He yanked the lid off before he, Robin, and Starfire peeked inside. "Whoa!"
"Cool!" Robin awed as Starfire giggled.
"Honestly, I was kinda hoping for chocolate." Beast Boy remarked as he peaked into the box.
Cyborg reached into the crate and pulled out it's contents, "Aww, isn't that cute? Puppet Cy has a light-up eye." He cooed as he held up his puppet version that the Puppet King had, pressing a panel on the chest of the marionette that cause the left eye to light up.
"Yeah. They got all the details just right." Robin smiled as he pulled a grappling hook from his puppet's belt buckle.
"Speak for yourself. I'm way better looking than this!" Beast Boy complained as he held up his puppet. "And taller."
"Someone certainly has a lot time on their hands." Raven commented, pulling the hood on her puppet back to find that her hairline has also been recreated.
"I have never seen such a whimsical device." Starfire giggled as she looked at her puppet over and worked it around a bit. "Hello Starfire!" the girl said in a deep tone as she made the marionette bow extend it's hand, "Hello, tiny wooden replica of Starfire!" she said in her normal tone as she took her puppet's hand on her own.
At the same time Yuki and Kotemon stared at theirs, "Guys are we sure this is safe?" Kotemon asked as he pulled out his puppet's bamboo sword. "Yeah maybe that Digimon sent itself along with these puppets, my D-Arc and Kotemon don't lie." Yuki explained as he look at his puppet, Due to a lack of response, they saw that they were completely ignored.
Robin was playing with his puppet, making it do various kung-fu moves while Beast Boy moved his puppet next to the Boy Wonder's. "Dude!" The green teen cheered as he made his puppet delivered a kick to the masked puppet's rear, "My puppet is totally kicking your puppet's butt!"
"Not for long." Robin smirked. Kicking into kung-fu mode, as he made his marionette strike his opponent with a chop that sent it flying to Cyborg's puppet.
"You want a piece of me, little man?" The robotic puppet asked as it shook it's fist.
Letting out a sigh as they watch Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy play with their puppets, Yuki and Kotemon made their way to the exit carrying their puppets to their room. "Maybe it's just fan mail, Kotemon." the Tamer said softly to the Digimon, "Okay but I can't shake a feeling that that Digimon is still in that box."
"Okay maybe you're right," Yuki said, "And these are just puppets it's not like the Digimon teamed up with the one who made these puppets so that he can destroy us."
"If you said so Yuki."
"Boys." Raven sighed watching the remaining guys continued their puppet fight. She then glanced at the Tamer and Digimon as Starfire approached her.
"Shall my tiny replica do battle with your tiny replica?" The alien asked happily as she moved her puppet into a fighting manner.
"Knock yourself out." The mage replied flatly as she tossed her marionette to the Tamaranian. Starfire could only give a puzzled stare as her blue-cloaked friend also leave the room.
2:00 AM
Later that night, the Titans decided to turn in after a uneventful day, crime-wise, and enjoy the ever pleasant land of dreams. However, not everyone in the tower was sleeping. Back on the kitchen table where the wooden crate rested, two hands rose from the inside, accompanied by a few wisps of straw and the sound of splintering wood. Next two other hands emerged and the four braced the crate's edge as Puppetmon and the Puppet King hoisted themselves out. After escaping their prison they talked, "Okay, I'll go and attack that Kotemon and it's Digidestined, while you do what ever to do to make those living toys." the former Dark Master said. "Wait I'll also be making those two into living toys-" the Puppet King started to explained but Puppetmon was already headed to Yuki and Kotemon's room, "too." he finished he then gave a sigh as he made his way though the Tower too.
A while later, Puppetmon was in the hall, standing before Yuki and Kotemon's door, 'So this must be the Kotemon and it's Digidestined's room.' he thought as he headed in and saw Yuki and Kotemon sleeping, 'Great now I'll get on that shelf and attack them." the former Dark Master thought as he get on the shelf, he then held out his arms. "Wires Choking!" Puppetmonn shouted quietly as clear wires came out of his fingers and hoked onto Kotemon who woke up, "Huh? What's going on?" the Rookie said as Puppetmon smirked and forced him to take out his bamboo sword and started to swing at Yuki, "Yuki wake-" Kotemon called out but it was too late as he hits Yuki with his bamboo sword waking Yuki up. "Ow! Again Kotemon why did you do that-" the Tamer was about to ask when he dodged another swing 'Wait that's not supposed to happen.' the former Dark Master thought, "It's not me Yuki someone's controlling me." the Rookie said, "Huh?" Yuki asked as he saw the wires in the moonlight. "Wait that's Wires Choking, than that means-" Yuki said.
'Darn it that Digidestined blew my cover just like before, well time to reveal myself.' Puppetmon said as he spoke up, "Heh! Well looks like someone else is a little smarty pants," he said, they looked up at him on the shelf.
"Um who are you?" Kotemon asked, his voice tinged in fear.
"No it can't be!" Yuki said as he pointed his D-Arc at him that pulled up the Digimon on the D-Arc, "You're Puppetmon, one of the Dark Masters who managed to defeat and seal away the Digimon Sovereigns, but was defeated by Digidestined." Yuki read the analysis, "What are you doing here?" he asked, "Well no time spoiling it but I've met a friend who want to make living toys." he said as Yuki and Kotemon looked at each other scared, as Puppetmon lifted his hands to released the Rookie out his control, "Well see ya!" Puppetmon said as took out his unique hammer over his shoulder, "Puppet Pummel!" He shouted as blasts of energy shoot out from the head of the hammer, but Yuki and Kotemon dodged as the former Dark Master got angry, "Hey!? Don't you want to play?" he said, "Yeah I'll rather not play with someone who doesn't have any friends." Yuki commented, "Hey I do have friends!" Puppetmon yelled as he didn't noticed his nose grows longer, 'Huh Puppetmon's nose grows longer when he lies who knew.' the Tamer thought, "Well how bout this." Yuki said as he pull out his Kentaurosmon card.
*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*
He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "Kentaurosmon's Inferno Frost Activate!"
As that happen a crossbow appeared in Kotemon's left hand confusing Puppetmon, "What the? What did you do? What kind of Digidestined are you?" the former Dark Master asked, "Well Puppetmon since you asked I'm a Digimon Tamer and what I just did is Digi-Modify Kotemon with something that you remember at your defeat."
This made Puppetmon remembered his defeat. '"Who's that behind me?" Puppetmon asked as he turns around to see Matt's MetalGarurumon. "Well it's about time. Get them! Do some major damage and I want no foul ups." he said to MetalGarurumon who keeps staring at him. "Huh? What's with you? Daydreaming again, huh." The Dark Master said as he use his 'Wires Choking' attack on MetalGarurumon. "Now MetalGarurumon sock it to 'em. Hey this isn't working here. Remember your're supposed to obey me. I'm the boss." He said. "Think again." came Matt's voice as he stepped out of the dark part of the Dark Master's forest, walking up beside his Digimon, "You're washed up Puppetmon. Nobody's going to be on your side because you don't care about them." He said to the Dark Master. Puppetmon dropped his hands to his sides for a moment, before plaintively saying, "I'm still strong," then he glared at the Digidestied of Friendship, reaching his cross on his back, "And it doesn't matter what they think! They still gonna do what I'll tell them to do!" He started running forward into his attack, a war cry in his wooden throat, but he didn't get far. "Metal Wolf Claw!" MetalGarurumon breathed a powerful blast of concertinaed cold at the Dark Master, sending him rolling like a rag doll. The cross was sent flying from his hand and his body was splintered and broken. As he lay there he asked Cherrymon who he killed after testifying his actions on what he was missing when Cherrymon's ghostly voice told him what it is, he then dissolved into pure data.' "No not again!" the former Dark Master yelled as he ran into Yuki and Kotemon's closet scared. "Whew that was close, okay Kotemon you can cancel Inferno Frost now." Yuki said as the Rookie canceled the attack. "So what dose Puppetmon meant when said when he said that he found a friend who want to make living toys Yuki?" Kotemon asked, "Hum maybe we're right that Puppetmon was in that box where we got these puppets that looks like us have something in common." Yuki said as he picked up the puppets. "Are you sure?" the Rookie asked. "Yeah and I'll bet that the one who made these, plans to destroy us." the Tamer explained as they went out of the room, Puppetmon then came out of the closet after overhearing them, "Destroy them?" the former Dark Master asked to himself, "Nah Puppet King wouldn't do such a thing if he gives me the living toys."
Later outside the hall Starfire and Raven stood outside as they talked about the noises that the Puppet King was making, when Yuki called out, "Girls what are you doing up?" they turned to see the Tamer and Kotemon, "Yuki, Kotemon!" the Tamaranian cheered when she saw them, "You two have also heard the strange noises?"
"Like I said, the strange noises of you talking outside my door." the mage quipped.
"Huh maybe that's the one we're looking for." Kotemon explained, making Starfire and Raven confused.
"Listen." Yuki started. "Me and Kotemon thought that someone sent those puppets to-" the Tamer's sentence was cut off as a sonic blast suddenly shot between them. Turning to the source, the four Titans saw Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy rushing down the hall towards their position. The masked teen lept for a kick as the changeling morphed into a velociraptor and charged ahead. The former nearly took Starfire's head off with the sole of his boot while the latter tried to get at Raven, but was stopped when she created an energy barrier to slow him down for a bit.
"Beast Boy, it's me! Don't make me hurt you!" the mage warned as she continued holding up the barriers to stop his snapping jaws. Unfortunately, he broke though and snapped at her.
Kotemon was fast enough to pull Yuki away from Cyborg as he cached Starfire after being hit by one of Robin's discs.
The green dinosaur continued it's advance against Raven. A swing of the tail knocked her down and into Robin's arms. Beast Boy then transformed into a gorilla and grabbed Kotemon before the Digimon could react, "Beast Boy let Kotemon go!" Yuki yelled as he ran to him, but the Tamer was grabbed too dropping his and Kotemon's puppets in the process, "Nice strategy going there Napoleon." Kotemon remarked, "Hey I was doing the best I can!" the Tamer responded.
"Friends! Why do you attack us?" Starfire asked as she struggled against the robotic Titan's titanium grip. Upon further inspection, the four remaining Titans noticed their teammates eyes glowed a ghastly light blue.
"Oh, there're not your friends anymore." the Puppet King's voice said from the shadows. The four remaining Titans looked in front of then to see him stepped in the light, revealing his entire look; His head was large as Puppetmon's, with slick black hair that parted in the middle, a hinge mouth just like Puppetmon and the marionettes. His attire was like his name implied, consisted of black boots, gray pants, a crown adorned on his head, a red jacket with gold epaulets and a sash with badges across his chest. "They are my puppets. These are your friends." He said as he pulled the three replicas of the other male Titans.
"Star..fire! Yuki!" The Robin puppet spoke, sounding a bit muffed and strained.
"Raven... Kotemon..." The Cyborg puppet cried in the same tone.
"Help!" The Beast Boy puppet called out.
"Release them!" Raven demanded while Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon gasped at the sight.
"Sorry, but you're not in charge here." the Puppet King taunted as he order the soulless Beast Boy to drop Yuki and Kotemon and went to get something and swung the other male Titans' marionettes behind his back. "You don't command me. I command you!" the villainous puppet said as he hold up a crosspiece with no strings in his right hand with the end of it's pieces glowed with lights of varying colors. The soulless Beast Boy came back with Raven, and Starfire's puppets and picked up Yuki and Kotemon's. Raven, Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon groaned when their bodies where wreathed in the matching colors of the last four slots. "And with the Puppet King pulling the strings, the Teen Titans will command the entire city." he said in a creepy monotone as Raven, Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon's souls were wrenched out of their bodies.
"Azarath... Metrion... Zinthos..." Raven chanted weakly before passing out. Once their spirits left, a black starburst emerged from the sorceress' forehead an flared over the entire hall, knocking everyone down, and sending the crosspiece of the Puppet King skidding across the floor.
"My control!" the villainous puppet cried as the blue, yellow, orange, and grey souls shout out of the device. As their souls floated free from the wooden receptacles, the four flashed into the closest prone Titan. By the time the Puppet King had his control device back in his hands, the four remaining Titans were able to stand up and sprint down the hall. "After them!" the mastermind ordered as the four remaining Titans escaped, the boys half-floating to their feet, ready to pursue, as Puppetmon caught up, "What did I miss?" he asked.
In a darkened section of the basement, a grate in the ceiling swung open as Raven, Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon dropped down and shut it as their pursuers ran overhead and passed them.
"Hey quick question did the three of you got tall- um guys?" Yuki asked as Starfire's hand reached up and switched on the overhanging light bulb, and turned it on. It took everyone to assess the situation.
"Starfire?" Raven asked from the Tamaranian's body.
"Uh oh!" Kotemon said from the Tamer's body.
"You got to be kidding me." Yuki said from the Rookie's body.
"Raven? Kotemon? Yuki?" Starfire asked from the mage's body looking at her teammates. *Gasp* You are me! *GASP* And I am you! *GASP* And you are him! *GASP* And you are him!" she cried as she pointed at her friends as black energy cracked from her forehead, shattering the light bulb and showering them darkness once again.
Jump City
After having escaped the Tower, the four bodied swapped Titans found their way though the underground sewers below the a run down section of Jump City. In a attempt to find the four runaways, the Puppet King sent only flyer he had at his disposal to quickly search the city for them. Beast Boy in a form of a hawk, flew above the buildings as he searched. When he passed over a specific manhole, the entire street shook briefly as it's cover blew sky high, thanks to some out-of-control telekinesis. The steel cover slammed back to the pavement, rattled loudly until Starfire, as Raven, reached up and pushed it aside before climbing out.
"Oh Raven, Yuki, Kotemon!" the Tamaranian cried though the gloomy sorceress' body, "This is awful! Terribly, horribly awful!" Despair was absolutely filling her voice as Raven, Yuki, and Kotemon climbed out of the hole, in their switched bodies.
(A/N: In attempt to make things more easier, I'm going to add hyphens to the four remaining Titans' names to indicate they're in different bodies. Any instances they will be as though they're still switched.)
"Tell me about it." -Raven- said as she headed down the sidewalk, pulling the others behind her.
"Very well." -Starfire- said as she catch up to her body. "Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy have been trapped inside tiny wooden bodies," she went on as black magic engulfed parking meters bending them, while newspapers dispensers exploded causing the contents to shoot up. -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- closed as their eyes as each newspaper dispenser exploded. "While a nasty creature called the Puppet King had taken control of their real bodies," The girl explained with increasing panic in her voice. "Which he is using to hunt us down, and we are in the wrong bodies-"
"Starfire!" -Raven- called out as she placed a hand on her shoulder, stopping the panicking girl from speaking. "You have to calm down. My powers are driven by emotion. The more you feel, the more energy you unleashed." the gloomy alien explained. -Starfire- looked back and saw a couple parking meters, newspaper boxes having spewed contents all over the street, and a mailbox melted next to them, all being the result of the trapped Tamaranian panicking.
"But what if they find us?" -Starfire- asked worriedly, "What if our friends are doomed? What if I am stuck like this forever?" she slapped her hands on her cheek as he entire head began rotating.
"We'll fix it," -Raven- stated, "I don't know how, but we will rescue the boys, and get our bodies back." After a moment of pause she added with a slight glare, "What's wrong with the way I look?"
"Nothing!" -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- said while the first causing a crossing light to explode while the latter two cover their heads. "I will try to calm down," -Starfire- said taking a deep breath, "Peace, quite, tranquil-" A car that was parked next to them launched straight up and crashed to the ground... upside down... causing the alarm to sound.
"We are so doomed." -Raven- stared flatly. The car alarm seemed to have the unwanted attention as the green hawk that was searching for them from above.
"Beast Boy!" -Starfire- and -Kotemon- cried as they pointed to the sky. Overhead the soulless bird went into a sharp descent with talons extended as it dove at them.
"You mean zombie Beast Boy." -Raven- corrected as she and -Yuki- pulled the mage and the Tamer into a alley, "Run!" -Yuki- yelled as they make a break for it to escape their pursuer as they turned to a dark pathway. "Fly! Fly!" the orange-skinned girl ordered as she started jumping and flapping her arms, trying to get clear off the ground.
Making their way further into the shadows , the four remaining Titans slowed down as they saw that the green hawk no longer chasing them. "We cannot fight them again." -Starfire- said, "I do not wish to, and in our present condition we would surely be defeated."
"Okay. How do I fly this thing?" The Tamaranian said gesturing to herself.
"You must feel flight." the mage responded.
"What?" -Raven- asked flatly.
"When you feel the unbridled joy of flight, you will." -Starfire- explained with a smile. This earned her an uneasy stare from the other girl.
"Unbridled joy? Not really my thing." The orange alien shrugged as they stopped walking.
"Well at least me and Kotemon can use each other's stuff." -Yuki- stated, "Wait why are you calm about this?" -Raven-, -Starfire-, and -Kotemon- asked, "Well in the T.V. show Gennai said one of the possible worlds is where people and Digimon switch skin." the Rookie explained.
"Look!" The blue-cloaked girl gasped as she pointed her hand down the alley. Her hand movement created a black spark of energy that flew the others off their feet and to the ground.
Picking themselves off the ground, -Raven-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- glance down the alley and saw a green tiger rushing towards them. "What do I have to feel to use starbolts?" The auburn-haired alien asked as she stood up.
"Righteous fury." -Starfire- replied, making an anger face to show example.
The orange Titan shot her a look in disbelief, "Your alien strength?"
"Boundless conference." The other girl replied with a wide grin as she puffed he cheeks.
"Never mind." -Raven- returned, "Well there's hope for me if I can use your moves Kotemon." -Yuki- said with a sigh, "Thunder Kote!" he shouted as he punched the green tiger with a electrical charged fist stunning him for a few minutes. "Hey it works I guess I'm better at- Whoa!" -Yuki- started to say but was interrupted when -Raven-, and -Kotemon- grabbed him and -Starfire- by the hand taking them back the way they came. Beast Boy after came out of the stunning pursue them, the four remaining Titans took a different turn and wound up in a darker stretch of the alley. When they ran though, something swooped down in front of them, causing them to gasp; the mysterious object straightened and exposed Robin's silhouette, eyes still glowing blue in the darkness. They backed up a few steps only to find the green jungle cat blocking their retreat. The animal moved closer and roared while the soulless Boy Wonder brought out his bo staff and leapt in for an attack. Beast Boy pounced as well.
The four remaining Titans stood pat and sidestepped at the last moment, causing the two zombie Titans to collide in midair and fall to the ground. Breathing a sigh of relief, -Raven-, -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- looked and quickly took off down the alley with Beast Boy and Robin got up and pursue them again.
The four swapped Titans fattening themselves against the wall to stay out of sight while the two zombie Titans ran past the corner without a second thought. -Raven- gave a relieved smile, but immediately changed it to a frown when two very large and familiar bionic hands smashed though the bricks behind them. The surprise cause -Starfire- to create an inadvertent burst of telekinesis that propelled the other three upward.
"Wait for me, please!" The blue-clad girl cried as she ran off before the bulky soulless robotic Titan knocked down the wall, drooling a little bit before looking after them.
As the four swapped Titans rounded a corner, they find themselves at a dead end. Turning around, -Raven-, -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- turned around and saw the hulking silhouette of Cyborg approaching them while Robin, and Beast Boy soon jumped in and joined him.
"If I can't fly, you have to levitate." The orange-skinned girl stated, "You know those words I always-"
"Yes!" The mage replied before sucking a huge breath.
"Wait! You have to focus!" -Raven- shouted, causing -Starfire- to exhale deeply.
As the shadows of the three boys were upon them, -Starfire- sticking her arms in the air as she chanted, "Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" The mage chanted in a hasty panic. For a moment, nothing happen. But that change when she shot up like a rocket, grabbing her friends away from the three zombified Titans, who only stared as they flew away. Flipping and spinning in the air the quartet screamed in fright as -Starfire- levitated across the city. After dipping down dangerously a few times -Starfire- looked at -Raven-, "I wish to stop. Please tell me the way to stop," The Tamaranian said from the mage's body.
"Look at the ground and imagine-" -Raven- began instructing, but -Starfire- looked straight down not listening to all of the instructions. "Wait!" -Raven- called out just before they came falling down to the ground. "Kotemon use my Craniamon card!" -Yuki- shouted, "Got it!" -Kotemon- said as he took out the D-Arc and the Craniamon card.
*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*
He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "Craniamon's Shock Ringer Activate!"
-Yuki- then shouted "Shock Ringer!" as he rotates the bamboo sword at high-speed while it fires a sonic wave at supersonic speeds carrying them over to a pile of garbage and landed safety in them.
After a moment -Raven-, -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- popped their heads from the mound. "Ugh! I feel like the breath of a Snervian Blork Worm." -Starfire- groaned as she removed a can from her head, "Well at least we're-" -Yuki- started to say when he and -Starfire- looked over and saw -Raven- and -Kotemon- feverishly shoveling waste toward the street. "What are you-"
"Shhh!" The two working Titans shushed the others by clamping over their mouths. Leaning back behind the berm they made, -Raven- and -Kotemon- thew trash bags at -Starfire- and -Yuki- that landed on their heads and dove them out of sight.
Robin and Cyborg walked though the alley and looked around a bit gust as the four swapped Titans hid from view. Not seeing anything worth attention, they continued on their patrols.
Behind the trash pile, -Starfire- created a small amount of black energy that surrounded her left hand. -Raven-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- gave her a hard look as the other girl moaned sadly at having lost control again. "Peace, quite, tranquility... peace, quite, tranquility." the mage repeated to herself in a effort to calm down.
"It's all right. They're going." The orange-skinned girl reassured their friend as she, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- peered though a small opening in the wall of junk. As they watched the departing pair, a large green rat popped into their view, causing the mage to gasp in fright before being silenced by the alien teen's hand on her mouth with the Tamer and the Rookie getting a nervous look on their faces.
The four of them started to sweating nervously as the green rat sniffed the trash. "Enough!" They heard the Puppet King's voice shouted. The order caused the green rat quickly scuttled to stand with the other two puppets, the Puppet King was resting on a newspaper stand. "We will catch the others after the ceremony is complete." He said after taking the other male Titans' marionettes out.
"Ceremony?" The Robin puppet asked.
"What ceremony?" The Cyborg puppet added.
"Just a little spell that will destroy you three and make your bodies mine forever." the wooden villain chilly explained, "Come my puppets let my friend distract them." He beckoned the three boys to follow him out of the alley.
After they left, a few trash bags from the heap rolled away as the four swapped Titans stepped out. "How can you stand having this much hair?" -Raven- asked as she tried getting her auburn hair untangled.
"Quickly, our friends are in danger!" -Starfire- said as she grabbed the other girl's hand and dragged her down the alley as the other two followed, "We must follow and-"
"And what?" the gloomy alien asked in defeated tone, "Save them with my unusable powers, while your unbridled emotions blow us to bits? We don't know what the Puppet King means of a friend to take care of us, or who that is?" she explained as she let go of the mage's grip while -Yuki- and -Kotemon- got a nervous look on their faces. "Nice flying, by the way." She added sarcastically.
This angered the mage as black aura surrounded her, "At least I am able to fly." -Starfire- growled, "On my planet, even a newborn can unleash the joy of flight. But you are too busy being grumpy and rude to feel anything at all!"
"Maybe you haven't noticed, but my emotions are dangerous. I can't afford to feel anything." -Raven- returned as she turned her back to the group, "You may have my body, but you know nothing about me."
"Okay well let's go before he find-" -Yuki- gasp as he covered his mouth as the girls looked at him confused, "Well how bout you can share more about yourselves since you know how me and Yuki met." -Kotemon- explained.
The aura around -Starfire- dissipated at the advice her teammate's words. "Perhaps you are right." She admitted, causing the other girl to nod, "And if we are to overcome this ordeal, we must know everything about each other. So... began sharing."
"All right." -Raven- said with a smile as she, -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- sat down on the ground as Raven began telling her story. "I was born in a place called Azarath..."
Two Origin Stories Later
After -Raven- and -Starfire- told their stories they saw that -Yuki- and -Kotemon- had gotten shocked faces, "Man you two had it rough. And Raven I can't believe that your father would do ugh that do that to your mom." -Yuki- said. "Aw! Boo-hoo for you two!" a voice says. "Huh?" The four of them asked as they looked up to see Puppetmon sitting on a fire escape. "Puppetmon." -Yuki- says as he and -Kotemon- got in front of the girls. "Hi everybody! Hi you two, did you miss me?" the former Dark Master asked. "Puppetmon how long where you there?" -Kotemon- asked, "Oh not long, I've been here when you four started to talk about yourselves." Puppetmon explained. "Who's this Digimon Yuki and how did you know this one?" -Raven- asked, "Remember that I'll explained to everyone who's the Digimon Sovereigns and who's the Dark Masters?" both girls remembered what happen '"Whoa there Yuki who's the Digimon Sovereigns and who's the Dark Masters?" Robin asked. "Well Robin The Digimon Sovereigns is a group of Mega Digimon who protected the Digital World before we knew Fanglongmon is one, I only saw one Azulongmon, The Dark Masters were also a group of Mega Digimon who was created by another Mega called Apocalymon, the Dark Masters managed to defeat and seal away the Digimon Sovereigns but they were freed by the Digidestined." Yuki explained.' "Wait you don't mean-" -Starfire- said but -Yuki- interrupted her mid-sentence, "Yes girls, this is Puppetmon one of the Dark Masters." as the girls gasp, "Pulse he lies about having friends." -Yuki- added, "Hey I do not!" Puppetmon yelled as he didn't noticed his nose grows longer again, "Well your nose tells us otherwise." -Kotemon- stated as the former Dark Master looks at his nose and covers it. "Well no matter. Puppet King is going to give me your friends to be my friends." Puppetmon said. Then -Yuki- got an idea 'Darn it, me and Kotemon can't beat him I don't know how to make Kotemon Digivolve to Mega, so maybe we'll can change Puppetmon's ways.' he thought before he spoke again, "Are you're sure Puppetmon why don't you ask Puppet King if he'll give you our friends." he stated. "Humph you better be lying I'll have to go ask him myself, but stay here when I'll get back." the former Dark Master said as he went to the direction where the Puppet King took the others to.
"Come on, we don't want to lose Puppetmon, we need to rescue them." -Yuki- called out as the four swapped Titans followed the former Dark Master with him taking charge.
The Old Abandoned Opera House
Dawn neared and the hour of the other boys losing their souls was near Puppetmon arrived the old abandoned Opera House, not realizing he was being followed, a green Doberman pacing back and forth saw the former Dark Master and growled at him. "Hey dog breath if you don't want to be destroy then let me though so I can ask Puppet King a question." He threaten as zombie Beast Boy moved to the side scared, "That's what I thought." Puppetmon said as he went inside as the Doberman continued it's patrol. That's when -Raven-, -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- popped their heads out from behind a fountain they were hiding at, "Huh the old abandoned Opera House mom and dad went here a few dates before it closed down, who would've guess this is Puppet King's hideout." -Yuki- said.
"Looks like security's tight tonight." The bodied-swapped Goth said. "Good thing to." -Kotemon- said eyeing the green dog, "Even without Beast Boy guarding the front entrance it would be a bad idea to use it, because it's the perfect place to set up an ambush. So why don't we try the roof." The Titans eyed the roof, until -Starfire- spoke up, "Agreed." as -Yuki- grabbed -Starfire's- right hand while -Raven- grabbed her left and while -Kotemon- grabbed the Tamaranian's right, "Now, do just as I instructed. Close your eyes and think of something joyful." The comment made the orange-skinned teen to rolled her eyes an sigh wearily. "You might choose flowers, or kittens, or laughter of children, or-" she was cut off as -Raven- began flying. She let out a gasp as -Raven- carried them to the roof wasn't spotted by the guardsman and set them down next to a locked trapdoor on the top of the building and let go of each other's hands. "Very, very good!" The mage cheered as she clapped, "What was your joyful thought?"
"You don't want to know." -Raven- replied with a shrug as she looked away from her teammates.
"Oh, but I do." The cloaked girl insisted, "Please do tell me. What do you imagine?" she persisted, -Raven's- gaze shifted to the floor while the two boys watched for her answer.
"You not talking." The alien Titan admitted hesitantly, causing the other girl's eyes to bug out of her head while a sweat drop fell from -Yuki-, and -Kotemon's- heads 'Saw that one coming.' the Rookie thought.
"Oh. Well..." -Starfire- looked down sadly, "I was glad to help."
-Raven-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- looked at their teammate before looking down at the lock on the trapdoor. "Your turn." The Tamaranian said as they looked at the mage again, "Find your center. Focus your energy on the lock."
With a nod, the blue-clad mage closed her eyes. A moment later, she opened them again, showing them to be glowing white like wen -Raven- uses her own powers. Encasing her hands with black aura, she focuses the magic on the lock. "Azarath... Metrion... ZINTHOS!" -Starfire- chanted as the lock snapped apart, followed by a giggle hat her success.
"Nice work." The orange-skinned alien said, impressed at -Starfire's- control in power.
"Success!" The mage whooped as she jumped into the air. The outburst caused her abilities to flare up, causing the trapdoor to fly open and echos through the house.
"Nice work." -Raven- groaned sarcastically while -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- did a facepalm as -Starfire- shrieked in terror at what she did before they went in.
Inside the run-down building, the Puppet King stood before a large bowl filled with blue-white flames. Candles were set up in a circular formation around him and the bowl while a scenery flat was placed behind the ceramic with the other boy's puppets hanging over the top edge of it. The echo of the trapdoor drew his attention before he could spill a test tube filled with powder into the fire.
"Search and destroy." The villainous puppet ordered, gesturing to Robin and Cyborg's bodies behind him, "I do not want a audience." The two soulless teens obeyed and left their master's presence not knowing that he almost have a full one. "Well Titans.." he said turning his attention back to the three puppets as he pour the contents of the tube into the fire, "...time for your grand finale."
Above the ceremony -Raven-, -Starfire-, -Yuki-, and -Kotemon- had made their way to a catwalk and watch in horror as the Puppet King grabbed the three puppets. "No," The orange alien gasped in shock.
"It's going to be a real showstopper." The Puppet King said as he held the three puppets over the rising flames by the strings.
"Stop!" Puppet Robin shouted.
"Don't!" Puppet Cyborg cried.
"Please!" Puppet Beast Boy yelped.
Their only struggles fail since they couldn't move their bodies at all.
"Don't worry." The Puppet King said, "I'll take good care of your bodies. After all, they'll be mine forever." But before he could drop them he heard Puppetmon speak up, "Hey Puppet King are you going to- What are you doing!?" The villainous puppet turned to look at the former Dark Master, "Oh Puppetmon! Um this isn't what it looks like." he started to explained, "Well it looks like you're trying to burn my new living toys." Puppetmon said, 'Crap he caught on quick.' Puppet King thought, "Of course I am, I tricked you so you won't figure out my plan." he confessed, "What?! I thought we're friends!" the former Dark Master said. "Well you thought wrong, you're personality is different then what you said you are. So I'm burning these three and there's nothing you can do about it." With that, the villainous puppet released the strings in his hand, dropping the puppets towards the fiery oblivion he had prepare them for them, "No!" Puppetmon yelled as he watched in horror.
Before the three powerless boys landed in the bowl, an orb of black magic surrounded them and lifted them into the air. When the puppets reached the overhead catwalk, they saw Raven, Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon in front of them.
"My friends! You are unharmed!" The mage laughed as she swept the three wooden figures into a crushing hug, "Good thing we made it in time." the Tamer said.
"Starfire?" Puppet Robin asked, "Kotemon? Dude what happen to you?" Puppet Beast Boy also asked as the both of them tried to processing what they heard.
"It's a long story." The orange alien responded.
"A very long and weird story." the Rookie added.
Below the catwalk Puppetmon was surprised at what he saw like he'd saw somewhere like it before, Puppet King on the other hand was angry and did a gesture with his crosspiece; in response, his three victims regrouped with him, Beast Boy no longer in the form of a dog. "Go my puppets! Capture them!" He ordered. Beast Boy transformed into a vampire bat as he flew towards the four swapped Titans. Robin and Cyborg clambered up the scaffolding in an attempt to capture their targets, while Puppetmon started to follow them 'Nobody tricks me and gets away with it Puppet King is going to pay even I have to ugh team up with a Digidestined.' he thought.
"Move!" -Raven- yelled as she yanked the others, down the catwalk. They made their way across the planks, but was cut short when the changeling cut in front of them, Robin vaulted up and landed in a crouch behind them while Cyborg leapt onto railing and started to fire his sonic cannon. But before the blast came out something happen "Wires Choking!" Puppetmon shouted as wires hooked onto the cannon, and aimed it at the girls feet, this gave -Yuki- a chance to do something, "Jump!" and with that order, both -Raven- and -Starfire- jumped off the catwalk the sonic blast missed the top of their heads by centimeters, the girls crashed into another walkway. The three Titan puppets continued to fall hitting the ground in a nice pile.
"Dude, get your butt off my face!" Puppet Beast Boy cried.
"Can't move. Deal with it." Puppet Robin returned.
Robin and Beast Boy jumped down to get the girls while Cyborg stayed and started to fire his sonic cannon again, but then Puppetmon intervene "Hey Andromon wannabe go pick on someone your own size. Puppet Pummel!" He shouted as blasts of energy shoot out from the head of the hammer, all who are present looked as it hit Cyborg, putting him in a daze. "Wow Puppetmon you saved us you really do care!" -Kotemon- said, "Humph I'm a former Dark Master like I care." Puppetmon said when he saw his nose grow longer again, "Sorry Puppetmon but your nose doesn't lie." -Yuki- said when he turned to the girls. "You two handle our soulless friends while we get our puppet friends." the Rookie yelled as he and -Kotemon- leapt off the catwalk, 'Is this what you were talking about Cherrymon?' Puppetmon thought as he too leapt down as his face turned red while -Raven- and -Starfire- entered into battle.
Puppet King watch next to the blue flames, as the Tamer and two Digimon plummet to the ground as the Rookie caught the former before coming to on the floor. Up in the catwalks, he heard the ferocious roars from his puppets and the girls, but they wouldn't save their friends, not so long he held the remote. A smile danced across his lips.
After -Yuki- put -Kotemon- down they and Puppetmon raced to where the three Titan puppets had fallen. As they reached the three Titan puppets -Kotemon- scooped them up into his arms, their only thoughts was to protect them.
"Guys?" They heard from the puppets the Tamer's arms.
"Look out!" They heard someone yelled from above, without looking -Yuki-, -Kotemon-, and Puppetmon jumped away, Cyborg came crashing down in front of them.
"Puppetmon can you handle Cyborg for us?" -Yuki- asked.
"Don't tell me what to do." Puppetmon said when he saw his nose grow longer again, "Okay fine take this. Puppet Pummel!" He shouted as he swings his hammer at Cyborg's leg.
"Okay now my turn." -Yuki- said as he raced towards Puppet King while he dodged a few sandbags that had been cut loose by -Starfire's- black magic.
"No! My puppet, grab that Digimon!" Puppet King screamed shaking his control in anger.
Cyborg tried to run, but not before, "Oh no you don't you're fighting me, Wires Choking!" Puppetmonn shouted as wires came out of his fingers and hoked onto Cyborg slowing him down.
-Yuki- continued to head towards Puppet King, "What are you doing?" Puppet Robin screamed.
"Getting that control!" -Yuki- yelled.
But before he can get to Puppet King he heard something snapped he looked back and saw another sandbag that had been cut loose by -Starfire's- black magic falling towards his body, "Kotemon look out!" the Rookie yelled, "Huh?" was the only thing the Tamer asked before the sandbag hit him on the head and tumbling to the ground, with his arms going limp, -Kotemon- released his grip on the three Titan puppets, and in his daze he heard them calling his name.
-Yuki- saw at the alter where the three Titan puppets are, Puppet King hastily retrieve the puppets scattered on the floor next to the blue flames.
"No! Kotemon!" Puppet Robin screamed.
"C'mon wake up man!" Puppet Cyborg pleaded desperately as he saw the Tamer lying there like a dead weight on the floor.
"Do not worry, he's not dead yet, unlike you three," And once again he the three Titan puppets were heading towards the blue fire.
-Raven- couldn't believe how hard it was battling without starbolts, she could fly, kick, punch, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't concentrate enough to feel the righteous fury needed to power them. A scream erupted beneath her. She saw -Starfire- fighting Robin balancing haphazardly on the metal arm support.
"Raven, Help!" she screamed dodging a well placed kicked from the zombie Boy Wonder.
-Raven- suddenly felt an animal hand hit her, and remember she'd been fighting Beast Boy in the form of a gorilla. After dodging another hit and kicking off, she landed high on a metal beam and aiming straight to Robin, she kicking using all of her strength.
"Not me, them!" -Starfire- shouted as she pointed towards the stage, there running halfway towards the fire was Puppet King, his outstretched arms and high above his head in his wooden grasp, were her friends.
-Raven- saw red. Her eyes electric green, her hand burning, she raised one hand where a starbolt cracked. "No!" she shouted as she hurled a starbolt at the villainous puppet but at the last second he dodged.
"Ha! You think I didn't know your moves. I'm the Puppet King and the Puppet King is in command." the villainous puppet cheered as he held the three Titan puppets over the fire.
Now this time -Yuki- was scared he was about to lose some of his team, "Nnnnoooooo!" he yelled as he glowed yellow.
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Meanwhile at the outer space where all the Digimon Kotemon or his Digivoltions had defeated all in floating jail cells. Suddenly the jail cell that's holding Arukenimon glowed the same kind of yellow as -Yuki-, "Wait now something's happening to me!" she said as it stopped glowing as it started. "Okay was that a coincidence that the same thing that's happen to me happen to her too?" Datamon asked as the other Digimon nodded.
The Old Abandoned Opera House
Puppet King was happy that he was about to win, but he heard -Yuki- shouted "Spider Thread!" The villainous puppet then turned to see what he didn't expect, "Huh?" was all that came out before a long, purple tentacle, snaring him before he could react and saw the Rookie was the one who got him.
"No! How's that possible!?" Puppet King yelled as he was shocked at what just happen.
"Okay first Asuramon did this in Raven's mind, and Yuki is doing this how are they doing this?" Puppet Cyborg asked as -Kotemon- recovered and saw what just happen.
'Okay that was really weird first Asuramon used one of Datamon's attacks in Raven's mind and now I've just used one of Arukenimon's, and why did I just heard the Digimon we've defeated I'll just ignore that.' -Yuki- thought than he spoke. "Puppet King you made me so mad, and this is the end friend!" he shouted before he pulled the villainous puppet and the three Titan puppets away from the fire so hard that Puppet King's crosspiece flew high above the scene. It bounced off a sandbag and dropped nearly toward the blue-white fire, flaring up brilliantly when the wood fell in, Puppet King after being released from the 'Spider Thread' saw what happen when he saw this and dropped the three Titan puppets, "No! My control!" he cried as the blaze shaped in a exact likeness of his face, the villainous puppet's body then began to twitch and jitter in his prone position. "NOOOOOO!" Puppet King cried as light poured from his eyes and mouth. The influence lifted off his feet, and the three Titan puppets trembled as the souls trapped within flew freely, before returning to their respected bodies. The same thing happened to Yuki, Kotemon, Starfire, and Raven as their spirits poured out of their bodies they currently inhabited before returning their respected homes as Puppetmon watched in amazement.
Once every soul was back to they belong, the now returned Tamaranian landed on the ground as the blue-clad sorceress while the Tamer ran to the Rookie and hugged him, "I are me!" Starfire cheered as she walked to Raven while Yuki and Kotemon joined them, "And you are you!"
"And we're us!" Cyborg exclaimed as he, Beast Boy, and Robin approached them.
"Thanks to you four." The Boy Wonder said graciously.
"You go girls! And guys!" The changeling whooped as he raised one arm in the air.
"Well it wasn't just us." Kotemon said, "Yeah and it looks like someone finally found his true friends!" Yuki said as everyone looked at Puppetmon who looked at them, "No I didn't!" he said when he saw his nose grow longer again, "Wow so this is the Digimon. Who are you?" Robin asked, "Well I'm Puppetmon, former founding member of the Dark Masters." the boys then immediately remembered what Yuki explained about this and get into ready positions, when Yuki and Kotemon got in between them, "Get out of the way you two he's dangerous." Robin order, "No he's isn't Puppetmon changed." the Rookie explained, "No I'm not." the former Dark Master said when he saw his nose grow longer again, "Look he nose grows longer when he lies just like Pinocchio he did change." Yuki exclaimed, "Okay sure." Robin said as they got out the positions.
"Raven, Yuki, Kotemon, we have done it!" the Tamaranian gasped happily as she pulled Raven, Yuki, and Kotemon into a wildly enthusiastic hug.
"Your hugging us..." the mage and Tamer groaned as both unlike Kotemon offered resistance.
"NOOOOOO!" The seven Titans and Puppetmon heard an agonizing scream come from the stage. They all looked over and saw Puppet King sprawling out and trying to crawl as light still poured from his eyes and mouth. "The magic! Without it, I'm just a..." He trailed off as the luminosity faded, leaving the slack-jawed, googly-eyed puppet heap on the ground, "Puppet!" Yuki finished.
Titans Tower-Next Day
Finally, things almost returned to normal. The boys went outside to send Puppetmon back to the Digital World but not before Yuki brought something special for his trip back. Raven floated near the windows of the Opps Center as she meditated.
"Azarath... Metrion... Zinthos... Azarath... Metrion... Zinthos..." The grey-skinned teen chanted.
"Raven, forgive my interruption, but..." Starfire began as she stood behind the meditating mage.
"The boys went outside to send Puppetmon back." She interrupted, opening her right eye as she answered the question what her teammate would ask.
"Truthfully, I am wishing to join you in meditation." the Tamaranian hesitated as she rubbed her right arm.
This caught sorceress off guard, "Really?" Raven asked as she turned to the auburn-haired Titan, "All right." Starfire flew over and assumed the same meditating pose her Gothic friend was in, as well as floating at the same height above the ground. "Find your center." the sorceress said as she faced the window and closed her eyes, Starfire did the same. "Focus your energy, and..."
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos..." Both girls began chanting, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos..."
"Starfire?" Raven asked as she broke off her mantra, opening one eye at her friend.
"Yes?" The alien responded, also opening an eye to see the girl.
"After this... would you like to go to the mall?" The cloaked girl asked hesitantly, as though the words made her cringe at that idea.
"Mmm-hmm." The cheery Titan nodded before both of them closed their eyes again.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos... Azarath Metrion Zinthos..."
On the roof the boys and Puppetmon are standing, "So Digidestined how are you going to get me home?" the former Dark Master asked, "I'm a Digimon Tamer, and my name's Yuki Puppetmon and in order to send you back to the Digital World you need to apologize to someone." Yuki explained, "What are you talking about I already made amends!" Puppetmon said, "Oh not to us but to someone else." The Tamer said as he took out his D-Arc and the card Fanglongmon gave to him.
*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*
He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "Upload Fanglongmon!" as soon that happens the roof was covered by a giant Digital Field as Puppetmon was lost in thought.
Unknown Location-Tokyo Japan
"Sir we got the very strong wild one that appeared twice being summoned again in Jump." said the woman with short brown hair.
"What! It's Back!" yelled the man in the blue suit, black sunglasses, and short blond hair playing with a lighter.
"Yes! But the very strong wild one that had appeared last night wasn't defeated by that the tamed one in Jump." said the woman with long brown hair.
"Huh interesting." The man said 'I wonder what happen?'
Titans Tower
"Hey what's going on? What do you do?" Puppetmon asked.
"Oh just the one you need to apologize." Yuki explained. Suddenly the hologram of the giant yellow dragon-Fanglongmon-appeared.
"Ah, Yuki it's been a while. Is something's wrong?" he asked then he noticed Puppetmon. "Puppetmon?! What are you doing here? Yuki what's going on?"
"Wait how do you know me? Who are you?" Puppetmon asked when Yuki stand between them.
"Puppetmon do you remember Digimon Sovereigns, the ones you and the other Dark Masters defeat and sealed away?" the Tamer asked.
"Why yes now what dose this has to do with..." he stopped mid-sentence as he figure something out. "Yep, Puppetmon this is Fanglongmon, Leader of the Digimon Sovereigns and the one you're apologizing to." he explained.
"Yuki what's going on?" Fanglongmon asked, "Fanglongmon, Puppetmon here want to apologize to you about what he done to the other Digimon Sovereigns." Yuki explained.
"Really are you sure Puppetmon if not then I'm more powerful then my subordinates?" he asked as Puppetmon gulped at the last part, "I'm... sorry for what me and the other Dark Masters did to the other Digimon Sovereigns." the former Dark Master apologized hesitantly. "Okay fine I accept your apology!" Fanglongmon said, "Good, Fanglongmon would you open a portal to the Digital World so Puppetmon can go back?" Yuki asked. "Sure thing one portal coming up!" he said as a golden portal lined with red, green, and blue rectangles appeared, "Huh so that's a portal back to the Digital World, well see yah!" Puppetmon said as he started to ran to the portal, "Puppetmon wait!" Yuki cried as he stopped, "What?" the former Dark Master asked, "Before you go back I want to give you some thing to remember us by." the Tamer said as he gave Puppetmon his and Kotemon's puppets, "Yuki why are doing?" the other boys asked, "Puppetmon here are some puppets so that he can play with to let you know you've made friends." the Tamer explained. "I..." Puppetmon tried to say, "Well someone's finally looks cheerful." Robin said, "I'm not cheerful." the former Dark Master said when he saw his nose grow longer again and covers it as the boys laughed, "Your nose, knows you're lying." Kotemon said as he laughed, "Yeah thank you, bye!" Puppetmon said as he entered the portal as it closed.
"Well that's that, it was nice seeing you again Yuki, everyone take care." Fanglongmon said. "Bye Fanglongmon!" the boys said as Digimon Sovereigns Leader's hologram disappear.
"Well last night was long how bout we go to our rooms and take a rest." Robin said as the boys went to their rooms.
End of Chapter.
Man it's been a while since a long chapter, now I know what you all are thinking why's Puppetmon one of the Dark Masters Yuki and Kotemon's first Digimon ally, well to match with Puppetmon in Digimon Fusion, next Deep Six. What happens next? Find out next time on Titan Tamer of The Swordsman. R&R